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Affecting Grace examines the importance of Shakespeare's poetry and plays within German literature and thought after 1750 -- including its relationship to German classicism, which favoured unreflected ease over theatricality.

Introduction --
1 Mercy and the Spirit of Commerce: Shylock's Shadow in the Age of Disinterest --
2 Judging Adam: Theatre and the Fall into History --
3 The Virtue of Things: Meissen Porcelain and the Classical Object --
4 Poison and the Language of Praise: From Hamlet to Miss Sara Sampson --
5 Architectural Fantasies: Bellotto in Dresden, Goethe in Strasbourg --
6 Sovereign Innocence: Schiller's "Walk" and the Naive Spectator --
7 Caught in the Act: The Comedic Miscarriage of Kleist's Broken Jug --
Epilogue.

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Affecting Grace examines the importance of Shakespeare's poetry and plays within German literature and thought after 1750 - including its relationship to German classicism, which favoured unreflected ease over theatricality.Read more...

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'Calhoon's book offers an important contribution to Shakespeare scholarship within German studies that nicely complements previous publications in this area...A rich study of eighteenth-century theatre and its influence on litterature and aesthetics.' -- Olivia LandryRead more...

"Affecting Grace examines the importance of Shakespeare's poetry and plays within German literature and thought after 1750 -- including its relationship to German classicism, which favoured unreflected ease over theatricality."

"Introduction -- 1 Mercy and the Spirit of Commerce: Shylock's Shadow in the Age of Disinterest -- 2 Judging Adam: Theatre and the Fall into History -- 3 The Virtue of Things: Meissen Porcelain and the Classical Object -- 4 Poison and the Language of Praise: From Hamlet to Miss Sara Sampson -- 5 Architectural Fantasies: Bellotto in Dresden, Goethe in Strasbourg -- 6 Sovereign Innocence: Schiller's "Walk" and the Naive Spectator -- 7 Caught in the Act: The Comedic Miscarriage of Kleist's Broken Jug -- Epilogue."